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21st Century

Robot

Brian David Johnson

Illustrations by Sandy Winkelman

Science Fiction / Technology

21st Century Robot

An audacious experiment in storytelling that weaves science fiction stories into a real-life

narrative scarcely guessed at in the 20th century,

21st Century Robot

is a call to arms for

all of us to embrace and guide the exciting technological possibilities of our era.

Written by Brian David Johnson, a professional futurist, this book details the evolution of

Jimmy, a walking, talking robot just like the one you should have. Just like the one we all

should—and

will,

one day—have to assist and charm us.

Johnson created Jimmy through a series of science fiction stories, using his imagination to

fire up the imaginations of the scientists, engineers, academics, and designers who helped

bring Jimmy to life. This book will make you want to create your own robot—and it shows

you how.

Weaving fiction with reality, Johnson explains how he came to create the 21st Century

Robot Collective, a group whose goal is to make the production and use of robots as com-

mon to us as caring for a family pet. Walking, talking robots aren’t to be feared but loved,

Johnson counsels. They should be as social as we are; be named like we are; possess gen-

der traits like we do; be a part of our lives. And we all should be making our own.

Advance Praise for 21st Century Robot:

“In the 20th century there was science fiction

about the potential consequences of human-like

robots. Now in the twenty-first century we are

close to the real thing and the benefits and risks

loom large. Brian David Johnson’s

21st Century

Robot

is a bridge from fiction to oncoming reality.”

—VERNOR VINGE, Hugo Award-winning novelist

“Johnson’s work is smart and full of human-scale

compassion and context for an almost unimagin-

ably vast and weird future.”

—CORY DOCTOROW, author, activist, journalist,

blogger

“This amazes me: a strong science fiction concept

can be deployed as a genuine industrial product

nowadays. Brian David Johnson’s book demon-

strates how that’s done: with ambition, energy,

persistence and tact. It’s hugely encouraging.”

—BRUCE STERLING, cyberpunk fictioneer

The goal is simple: create 7 billion robots.

The method is elaborate:

Use a manifesto, four science fiction stories, several worldwide adventures, a seri-

ous dose of 3D printing, plenty of open source technology, the efforts of a first

grade class, and a socially precocious bot named Jimmy to bring that vision to life.

This book is dedicated to the generation of young minds who will never know a

time when they couldn’t imagine, design, build, program, and share their own

robots. What will our lives be like when robots are as common and normal as

smartphones, tablets, and TVs? What will

your

21st Century Robot do?

US $24.99 CAN $26.99

ISBN: 978-1-4493-3821-3

21st Century Robot

Brian David Johnson

Illustrations by Sandy Winkelman

21ST CENTURY ROBOT

by Brian David Johnson

Printed in the United States of America.

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Editor:

Patrick DiJusto

Production Editor:

Melanie Yarbrough

Copyeditor:

Sonia Saruba

Proofreader:

Rachel Monaghan

Indexer:

Judy McConville

Cover Designer:

Karen Montgomery

Interior Designer:

David Futato

Illustrators:

Sandy Winkelman and Rebecca

Demarest

December 2014:

First Edition

Revision History for the First Edition:

2014-11-14:

First release

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for release details.

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instructions contained in this work are accurate, the publisher and the author disclaim all responsibility

for errors or omissions, including without limitation responsibility for damages resulting from the use

of or reliance on this work. Use of the information and instructions contained in this work is at your

own risk. If any code samples or other technology this work contains or describes is subject to open

source licenses or the intellectual property rights of others, it is your responsibility to ensure that your

use thereof complies with such licenses and/or rights.

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This book and the entire 21

Century Robot Project is dedicated to anyone born after 2014.

Today we have an entire generation of young minds that has grown up never knowing

a time when there wasn’t an Internet. This generation has never known a time when you

couldn’t walk up to a screen, ask it for something, and get a response in under a second.

It’s truly amazing. In fact, if this generation is given a screen and it’s not connected to

the Internet, then that screen is broken. I am constantly surprised and amazed at the

ideas and creativity of this generation. I can’t wait to see what they do.

This book is dedicated to anyone born after 2014 because it is my hope that they will

be the generation that has never known a time when they couldn’t imagine, design, build,

program, and share their robots. Just imagine the incredible, silly, and awesome things

they will build!

If you are reading this book, then you have a responsibility to this generation.

We can make this future real.

Build robots!

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